The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual ProgressR. Macoy, 1859 - 298 pages |
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... called , or SECRET SOCIETIES , as they are now denominated . In the earliest periods of the world , the wisest and best of men withdrew from the imperfections of the ex- terior society , and in their secret temples sought to sound the ...
... called , or SECRET SOCIETIES , as they are now denominated . In the earliest periods of the world , the wisest and best of men withdrew from the imperfections of the ex- terior society , and in their secret temples sought to sound the ...
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... called the tetractys , comprehends all musical and arithmetical proportions , and de- notes the system of the world . The real meaning of this Pythagorean doctrine of numbers is not well understood . It is probable , however , that ...
... called the tetractys , comprehends all musical and arithmetical proportions , and de- notes the system of the world . The real meaning of this Pythagorean doctrine of numbers is not well understood . It is probable , however , that ...
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... called by Pythagoras anticthon - anti- earth is invisible , but necessary to the perfection of the harmony of nature , since the decad is the perfection of the numerical harmony . By this anti- earth , he explains the eclipses of the ...
... called by Pythagoras anticthon - anti- earth is invisible , but necessary to the perfection of the harmony of nature , since the decad is the perfection of the numerical harmony . By this anti- earth , he explains the eclipses of the ...
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... called the High , or Lofty One ; the second is named Equal to the High ; and he who sitteth on the highest throne is called the Highest , or the Third . Listen to what they shall say to thee ; question them , and they will answer . The ...
... called the High , or Lofty One ; the second is named Equal to the High ; and he who sitteth on the highest throne is called the Highest , or the Third . Listen to what they shall say to thee ; question them , and they will answer . The ...
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... called Guilds - a word de- rived from the old Norse verb gjalda - to pay , to contribute to . † Beneficent as these societies were , * Vide Mallet : L'Introduction a l'histoire de Dannemarc . + These societies were undoubtedly the ...
... called Guilds - a word de- rived from the old Norse verb gjalda - to pay , to contribute to . † Beneficent as these societies were , * Vide Mallet : L'Introduction a l'histoire de Dannemarc . + These societies were undoubtedly the ...
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